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Thursday, December 1, 2011

1. Who was the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award?[A]Indira Gandhi[B]Mother Teresa[C]Aruna Asaf Ali[D]M.S.Subbulakshmi

2. Challenger Deep, a part of Mariana Trench and the deepest point in the oceans, named after British ship Challenger II which first surveyed it in 1951, is located in which ocean?[A]Indian Ocean[B]Pacific Ocean[C]Atlantic Ocean[D]Antarctic Ocean

3. In 1922, Chittarajnan Das and Motilal Nehru founded which political party?[A]Forward Block[B]Swaraj Party[C]Swatantra Party[D]Ghadar Party

4. 'Biman' is the national airline of which Asian country? [A]Nepal[B]Bhutan[C]Bangladesh[D]Sri Lanka

5. From which country did India procure the aircraft carier Admiral Gorshkov, scheduled to join Indian Navy as INS Vikramaditaya in 2012? [A]Russia[B]Germany[C]France[D]United States of America

6. 'Kalaripayattu' is the traditional martial art of which Indian state? [A]Punjab[B]Manipur[C]Kerala[D]Jammu & Kashmir

7. Who was the first Indian to win boy's Wimbledon Singles title in 1954? [A]Ramanathan Krishnan[B]Vijay Amritraj[C]Ramesh Krishnan[D]Leander Paes

8. At which place in Kerala was the first tide (ocean wave) generated electricity project of India established? [A]Alapuzha[B]Ezhimala[C]Vizhinjam[D]Kozhikode

9. Who authored the 'Rajatarangini', a historical chronicle of Kashmir? [A]Kalidas[B]Kalhana[C]Chankaya[D]Banabhatt

10. 'Tamasha' is the popular folk theatre of which state? [A]Punjab[B]Maharashtra[C]Karnataka[D]West Bengal

11. What is the boundary line demarcating India and China known as? [A]Curzon Line[B]Durand Line[C]McMahon Line[D]RadCliffe Line

12. In 1958, which billiards player became the first Indian to win an individual world title in any sport? [A]Wilson Jones[B]Michael Ferreira[C]Geet Sethi[D]Manoj Kothari

13. Which princely state was the first to be annexed to the British East India Company under the Doctrine of Lapse policy, devised by Lord Dalhousie?[A]Satara[B]Sambalpur[C]Jhansi[D]Awadh

14. Which water body seprates the Africa from the Europe?[A]Suez Canal[B]Panama Canal[C]Palk Strait[D]Strait of Gibraltar

15. Which American President in his famous Gettysberg speech defined democracy as the 'government of the people, by the people, for the people'?[A]Abraham Lincoln[B]George Washington[C]John F. Kennedy[D]Theodore Roosevelt